The part of Rhine water corridor is currently impacted by the extreme drop in water levels along the Rhine river following the persistent heat and drought in Central Europe, Samskip said in its press release.
The low Rhine water levels have been reducing the load capacity of Samskip barges on the Duisburg-Rotterdam/Amsterdam service for the past weeks and the current expectations are that the water levels will even reduce further in the coming weeks.
Samskip is using alternative options such as 3rd party barges, rail and road haulage. These options only partly compensate for the loss of capacity, confronting Samskip with higher operational cost due to the situation. For that reason Samskip applies a temporary additional charge of €80 per unit until the situation has returned to normal. Samskip will start to apply the charge as from Monday 27th August for every collection/delivery from/to the following Germany.